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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1896
Page
7
A Bombay Guardian note recounts a mother cat calling her two kittens to share prey. The tabby and black kitten ignore each other yet each respond to distinct cues. After a third mouse is produced, the black kitten seems to receive a second share, illustrating animal communication and cooperation.
Dorothy worries about a long word then learns to spell tortoise by copying Auntie and repeating I can I will. The tortoise tale sparks perseverance as Dorothy gains confidence and finishes her spelling lesson.
The article describes a country summer experiment to print a name on an apple using sunlight. By wrapping the letters Nellie or John around a sunlit apple, sun rays pass through the parchment and etch the name outline on the fruit. The result is a curious late summer decoration unique to the sun.
A mother checks her sick child and suggests he may attend school Monday. The boy notes the day mix up, recalling that Saturday in Iowa corresponded to Friday in London Titts.
Local quip from Boston Transcript about a boy named Johnny Green who jokes about being sent to bed despite no sleep and feeling as sleepy as possible. The verse reflects humorous everyday life observations.
A fragmentary note describes a boy who enjoys coasting and lies down swiftly to think, hinting at sadness before the effort to climb again, with brief garbled references to Sprederice B.opper and 8¢ Nicolas.
A collection of light items about bicycles and cycling culture in newspapers. Jokes compare pastors sermons to bicycle themes, a Salvation Army critique over using bikes, and verses about riding with the belle in June and February.
The article contrasts cycling speed merchants with promoters and sponsors as 1895 champion E C Bald heads to new engagements. It notes many top riders have yet to secure season deals and that paying winning riders may be seen as strange outside cycling. It cites prominent names like Bald Zimmerman Sanger Banker Johnson Murphy as examples.
The Brooklyn Eagle reports on corset design for cyclists noting elastic side lacing, rear closing, front hooks, and elastic shoulder strap inserts. A president of an English women cyclists club warns against tight stays, urging comfortable, broad elastic corsets to allow movement and reduce fatal risks.
Count Magre of 80 inch height and 47 years old orders what will be the smallest bicycle on record. The 14 inch wheel and 12 inch frame will weigh 10 pounds. Special dies must be made and the cost of 250 dollars was paid by the countess after his initial reaction.
A brief satirical note from the New York Press mocks borrowers who would borrow personal items. The piece uses the example of a wheel to illustrate caution in lending and urges adjusting one’s own possessions to avoid improper sharing.
Walter C. Sanger and Henry Kanaska will stay in professional cycling. Austin Crooks plans to race abroad again this year, likely lining up against Johnson. Sanger aims for a top placement next season. Harry Wheeler will compete domestically after canceling plans to race overseas. Arthur Gardiner returns to amateur status after his famed mile. M. Murphy trains for a time trial against a locomotive at St. Monica around April 20, promising $10 per fifth of a second shaved, with a possible $1,780 if he hits 60 seconds.
Dr Bleyer touts rays of light including X rays and concentrated sunlight as potential cures and growth boosters. He reports plant growth acceleration, bacterial destruction, and a rheumatic knee cure, while noting personal headaches and sensations from exposure. The New York Recorder cites cautious optimism and calls for professional verification.
Mrs. Lillie R. Pardee of Salt Lake City, born September 1864 in Ohio, is a former professor and gym instructor who rose to public influence in Utah statehood efforts. Elected to the senate and later withdrawn from the ticket due to Utah’s voting rights decision, she is praised for oratory, stage presence, and fitness for the senate secretary post.
A St. Louis druggist displays a window full of poisons and reflective items including arsenic morphine laudanum and whisky alongside face powder cigarettes decks of cards and bottles. The display attracts attention for its hazardous contrast and unusual assortment.
A Chicago Times-Herald note comments on candidates not waiting for invitations due to the leap year, suggesting proactive pursuit in political campaigns.
Australian journalist Mrs Hirst Alexander reports in London that New Zealand women’s suffrage has positive effects. Premier Richard Seddon and major papers credit women with improving prison conditions child welfare and related reforms. The government runs a Wellington women’s labor bureau and several women doctors have thriving practices.
The New York Letter notes a shift in bustle fashion with a large stock of styles. A new bustle and hip pad combines 15 haircloth plaits that flare at the back and meet in pannier style over the abdomen. Even the smallest bustle spans 81 inches, described as upholstery like.
The piece argues Germany’s early focus on training girls in factories and homes for housework and cooking demonstrates the commercial value of well fed, well kept workers. It notes Kaiser's establishments and private firms funding training as a self interested, practical model.
The Kansas Sparrows, a nine member ladies smoking club, operates in a luxuriously furnished clubroom. Members are replaced by new selections when someone marries or leaves town, with several applicants awaiting election.
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